dean-smith

I know what you’re going through…hope someone will have an answer.

not sure if this is exactly what you’ve experienced as well. I am pulling out my hair trying figure out ways around it. but may just end up buying another hosting package everytime I need to launch a new site. here’s my dilemma:

I have 3 domains: A.com, B.com, C.com

Installed WP on:

Root = A domain
Root/sub-dir-B = B domain
Root/sub-dir-C = C domain

WP-admin works fine when I use:
A.com/wp-admin
B.com/sub-dir-B/wp-admin
C.com/sub-dri-C/wp-admin

however, A.com/sub-dir-B or C/wp-admin also seems to pull up B.com / C.com/wp-admin

And when a user visits “B.com/sub-dir-B/index.php” or “C.com/sub-dir-C/index.php” it’s all good, they get taken to the respective WP-sites and sub-dir, but if the user types “B.com or C.com” they get taken back to the Root, which is “A.com”.

Yes, I’ve tried redirects, both HTTP, and Directory specific. The results were either 404, or themes completely disappear from B.com or C.com. A.com seems to be the dominant. Tried http.access, only breaking everything altogether. also tried ‘settings’ in wp-admin to point to dir, 404 again.

The desire is to have multiple domains all pointing to their respective sub-dir, without user having to type in the entire “domain.com/sub-dir” to get there. user should just type in A.com, B.com or C.com to get the correct redirect.

Tech support was zero help, and scoured the web for answers, nothing either. So ended up buying new hosting packages everytime for new wp sites.

hi, I am having sort of similar issues with 1and1.com hosting on linux.

not sure if this is exactly what you’ve experienced as well. I am pulling out my hair trying figure out ways around it. but may just end up buying another hosting package everytime I need to launch a new site. here’s my dilemma:

I have 3 domains: A.com, B.com, C.com

Installed WP on:

Root = A domain
Root/sub-dir-B = B domain
Root/sub-dir-C = C domain

WP-admin works fine when I use:
A.com/wp-admin
B.com/sub-dir-B/wp-admin
C.com/sub-dri-C/wp-admin

however, A.com/sub-dir-B or C/wp-admin also seems to pull up B.com / C.com/wp-admin

And when a user visits “B.com/sub-dir-B/index.php” or “C.com/sub-dir-C/index.php” it’s all good, they get taken to the respective WP-sites and sub-dir, but if the user types “B.com or C.com” they get taken back to the Root, which is “A.com”.

Yes, I’ve tried redirects, both HTTP, and Directory specific. The results were either 404, or themes completely disappear from B.com or C.com. A.com seems to be the dominant. Tried http.access, only breaking everything altogether. also tried ‘settings’ in wp-admin to point to dir, 404 again.

The desire is to have multiple domains all pointing to their respective sub-dir, without user having to type in the entire “domain.com/sub-dir” to get there. user should just type in A.com, B.com or C.com to get the correct redirect.

Tech support was zero help, and scoured the web for answers, nothing either. So ended up buying new hosting packages everytime for new wp sites.

am I crazy ? sorry if this sounds basic, but I am pretty new to this and would love to hear if anyone has a similar experience.

Thanks so much in advance!

thanks for all your help. BrightonGuru is correct, make sure it’s a NOT A TEXT FILE.

Make sure to created in NOTEPAD on PC with just 1 line “”AddType x-mapp-php5 .php””

I was having trouble since I was trying to create .htaccess using textedit in MAC, and it was crashing my entire site/blog since it was not a proper .htaccess file.

It’s important to note this when creating your file. Works now!